Etape caledonia 2009

[Alves]

Good luck everybody!
Above all have fun though.
Keith (67) and that's not my age either before anyone asks

 

[Rip Van]

Just checked the latest weather forecast.
Looks like full Scottish summer gear for me!

 

[fudgedog]

Went up last night to register, everybody I saw seemed in good spirits weather was slightly better than in Perth where it was desperate. Bought a pair of over shoes so now sorted. Good luck to everybody and hope it is a following wind.

 

[gavintc]

We are sitting in a B&B in Pitlochry. Looks nice out of the window at present, but it rained pretty constantly last night. Heading down to registration soon.

 

[HLaB]

I still in my parents house in Dunfermline, I'll pop up to register for later. It OK'sh (dry at least here at the moment); I'm just checking out a few weather crystal balls forecast. According to one site it'll be drizzle in the AM followed by a dry spell then heavy rain in the PM, windy all the time. Another site says it'll be drizzle all day but less windy

 

[HLaB]

Give it some welly this year

Now he must of seen the weather forecast, I think I'll stick with my spd-sl's

 

[Scoosh]

 

[Noodley]

Best of luck to everyone riding this.

I was driving up from Jedburgh today and saw quite a few cars with bikes strapped on the top/back.

 

[magnatom]

I was out on a ride yesterday and saw quite a few folk out riding n the road. I wonder if some folk were out for a gentle ride the day before.

I look forward to seeing the first posts of the returnees in about an hour and a half!

 

[gavintc]

Well, I waved them off and am heading down to the finish in a couple of hours. They started in rain, but it was easing and the weather has been dry since the start. Damp roads - certainly for the first few miles.

 

[Noodley]

Not good news at all

It appears the events has been sabotaged:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8054215.stm

!

 

[magnatom]

Not good news at all

It appears the events has been sabotaged:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8054215.stm

Oh sh!t! That is really really sad! I hope everyone is ok.

I just can't put into words how angry I am to hear about that.

 

[goo_mason]

What utter, UTTER NIMBY f**kwits. I hope they're caught & sued for damages / losses to the local economy / losses to the orgainisers / riders etc.

I can't express how angry I am at idiots who would do such a thing.

 

[HLaB]

I average 19.1mph if my calcs are right that's 4h15m my Official time was 4h56
At the bottom of Schiehallion, I thought to my self that's strange there an awful lot of p'ture then as I was going down a hill at about 25mph I got one (front tyre) and there was a bit of a bend at the bottom had a little bit of a wobble and alarmed the blokes behind me but luckilly I held it. Aparently others weren't so lucky however when I was fixing my tyre one of the blokes next said he had 5 and just reading the bbc I see somebody came off I hope they weren't hurt.

 

[LeeW]

My computer said 3:45:52 riding and the total distance I did was 73.7Mph which gives a riding avg of around 19.5mph. My 'official' time was about 4:48. I somehow managed to avoid any p*nct*r*s but had to wait just over an hour at the top of the hill where it was rather cold.